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Author's note: Speaking to ABC Radio producer Jane Ulman and sound engineer Phillip Ulman, Les Murray said of this work-in-progress: 'I'll tell you what it is: a friend of mine, translator, absolutely bilingual, name of Margitt Lehbert, lives in Sweden, wanted a summer poem because there she is in the middle of the Swedish winter'.

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'In this feature, producers Jane and Phillip Ulman visit the Bunyah home of Les Murray, his wife Valerie and son Alexander. Surrounded by winged musicians, frogs, insects and domestic animals, the participants walk and talk and share a meal.

'During the visit Les Murray reads his poems and reflects on poetry and place, knowledge, discovery, family and God.'